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  • 12:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 05:00 AM
  • Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

  • 09:00 AM
  • BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

  • 10:00 AM
  • Bursting the Bubble

    Andrew Cuomo’s housing record; cuts to food stamps; author P. J. O'Rourke on voting; the Facebook founder finds philanthropy; and a program for artists to display their work in New York.

  • 12:00 PM
  • Into the Light

    Leonard Lopate is back! On today's show: Ingrid Betancourt discusses her six years in captivity in the Colombian jungle. Then Adrian Grenier talks about the paparazzi and celebrity culture. And composer and sound artist Charlie Morrow talks about his work and the Little Charlie Festival. Plus, we'll find out about the history of MI6: Britain's Secret intelligence service.

  • 02:00 PM
  • Renewing the Ring

    The Metropolitan Opera kicks off its season with a (literally) heavy adaptation of a familiar work by Wagner. Today: dissecting the grandiose "Ring" cycle. And a look at Wagner’s influence on film. Later: TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek floats down to the dance floor on his latest project Maximum Balloon. He plays live in the studio.

  • 03:00 PM
    Special Programming
     
     
  • 04:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 06:30 PM
  • Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

  • 07:00 PM
  • A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.

  • 08:00 PM
  • A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

  • 09:00 PM
  • Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.

  • 10:00 PM
  • Renewing the Ring

    The Metropolitan Opera kicks off its season with a (literally) heavy adaptation of a familiar work by Wagner. Today: dissecting the grandiose "Ring" cycle. And a look at Wagner’s influence on film. Later: TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek floats down to the dance floor on his latest project Maximum Balloon. He plays live in the studio.

  • 11:00 PM
  • #3120: Dramatic Accompaniment

    This New Sounds brings musical accompaniment for drama in the form of the Portico Quartet, a young instrumental band, who play mostly acoustic music using wind instruments, bass and percussion, including a 21st century instrument called the hang.  (The hang is a dimpled dome-shaped, tuned metal percussion instrument that sounds like a cross between the steel drum and the mbira (thumb piano) and looks like two woks welded together.)